Bill No. 14 of 1949. A BILL TO AMEND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACT NOTE. This Bill amends The Department of Education Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942.

Section of the Act is amended by striking out the words "one hundred and fifty thousand dollars" where they occur in the proviso to subsection (2) thereof and by substituting the words "four hundred and fifty thousand dollars". Sec­ tion presently empowers the Minister of Education to print and publish school books and to ,purchase school books and school supplies and to sell the same to school districts or divisions, etc. Under subsection (2) the present maximum advance authorized for the purpose of such printing and publishing is one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

The purpose of the amendment is to increase the authorized advance to four hundred 'and fifty thousand dollars so as to provide adequate working capital for the School Books Branch of the Department of Education. KENNETH A. McKENZIE, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 14 of 1949. An A'ct to amend The Department of Education Act. (Assented to HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1,. The Department of Education Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section by striking out the words "one hundred and fifty thousand dollars", where the same occur in the proviso to subsection (2) thereof, and by substituting therefor the words "four hundred and fifty thousand dollars". 2. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is ,assented to. FIRST SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Department of Education Act. Rec€i ved and read the First time ...................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time .... HON. MR. CASEY. Title: 1949 (11th, 1st) Bill 14,

An Act to amend The Department of Education Act